Nashville Predators at Dallas Stars

Dec 31, 2015 · American Airlines Center

Team	Goals	Shots
Nashville Predators	1	34
Dallas Stars	5	32

Scoring

Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Score
2nd Period
11:22	NSH	Craig Smith (9)	Mike Ribeiro (21)	1 - 0
12:53	DAL	Jamie Benn (24)	Alex Goligoski (14)	1 - 1
17:28	DAL	Mattias Janmark (9)	Jason Spezza (14), John Klingberg (29)	1 - 2
3rd Period
03:56	DAL	Patrick Eaves (3)	Jason Spezza (15)	1 - 3
08:03	DAL	Tyler Seguin (22)	Patrick Sharp (18)	1 - 4
15:56	DAL	Tyler Seguin (23)	Jamie Benn (28), John Klingberg (30)	1 - 5

Penalties

Time	Team	Player	Penalty	Min
1st Period
12:49	DAL	Colton Sceviour	Interference	2
3rd Period
12:10	NSH	Barret Jackman	Elbowing	2

Shot attempts

Team	Attempts (Corsi)	Unblocked (Fenwick)	On goal	Goals	Expected goals	5-on-5 CF%
Nashville Predators	56	44	34	1	2.0	47.7
Dallas Stars	61	44	32	5	2.5	52.3

How the game went

The gap in shot attempts as the game went on: how many more one team had taken than the other. The line is above the middle and red while Dallas Stars had taken more, and below it and blue while Nashville Predators had.

Expected goals

Nashville Predators: 2.0 expected, 1 scored · Dallas Stars: 2.5 expected, 5 scored

Each line climbs with every chance a team had: a small step for a shot from far out, a big one for a dangerous chance. A dot is a goal. Expected goals adds up how likely each shot was to go in, judged by where it was taken from, what kind of shot it was and whether it was a rebound. Blocked shots and the shootout are not counted. Before 2023-24 the NHL timed events less exactly, and differently from rink to rink, so expected goals for this season are rougher than for recent ones.

Where the attempts came from

Nashville Predators

Dallas Stars

There is a dot for each attempt, bigger for a better chance. "Show as heat map" shades the ice by where the attempts came from.

Nashville Predators

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Mike Ribeiro · Craig Smith · Filip Forsberg	13:32	62.1	50.2	1-2
James Neal · Calle Jarnkrok · Miikka Salomaki	11:29	42.3	34.0	0-0
Paul Gaustad · Eric Nystrom · Austin Watson	10:58	42.9	61.8	0-0
Mike Fisher · Colin Wilson · Viktor Arvidsson	9:49	43.8	39.6	0-1

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Shea Weber · Roman Josi	19:10	40.0	49.2	0-2
Ryan Ellis · Mattias Ekholm	15:42	55.6	43.5	0-3
Barret Jackman · Seth Jones	14:10	52.2	41.3	1-0

The forwards and the defencemen who were on the ice together most at five-on-five, with the team's share of the shot attempts and expected goals, and the goals for and against, while they were out.

Players

xG is the expected goals of a skater's own shots. CF-CA and xGF-xGA are the shot attempts and the expected goals for and against while he was on the ice at five-on-five. For a goalie, xGA is what the shots he faced were expected to produce, and the last column is how many of those he saved. What these numbers mean

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	Shots	Hits	TOI	xG	CF-CA	xGF-xGA
15	Craig Smith	C	1	0	1	-1	0	3	1	15:27	0.37	19-13	0.68-0.70
63	Mike Ribeiro	C	0	1	1	-1	0	2	0	18:07	0.07	19-15	0.68-0.73
3	Seth Jones	D	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	18:53	0.01	13-12	0.31-0.41
5	Barret Jackman	D	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	15:13	0.01	13-13	0.32-0.41
6	Shea Weber	D	0	0	0	-2	0	3	2	24:27	0.08	18-28	0.92-1.12
9	Filip Forsberg	L	0	0	0	-1	0	3	2	19:35	0.26	21-13	0.74-0.68
12	Mike Fisher	C	0	0	0	-2	0	2	4	15:05	0.28	10-13	0.52-0.68
14	Mattias Ekholm	D	0	0	0	-3	0	2	0	18:17	0.05	22-17	0.68-0.84
19	Calle Jarnkrok	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	2	14:38	0.04	13-16	0.35-0.71
20	Miikka Salomaki	R	0	0	0	0	0	2	6	13:59	0.09	11-18	0.33-0.66
22	Colin Wilson	C	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	13:05	0.02	10-10	0.47-0.65
24	Eric Nystrom	L	0	0	0	-1	0	1	7	13:16	0.15	10-16	0.32-0.34
24	Austin Watson	L	0	0	0	-1	0	2	5	11:32	0.10	9-15	0.31-0.29
28	Paul Gaustad	C	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	12:15	0.09	10-13	0.32-0.20
33	Viktor Arvidsson	L	0	0	0	-1	0	2	4	12:20	0.11	9-11	0.48-0.59
59	Roman Josi	D	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	23:20		17-24	0.86-0.88
81	James Neal	L	0	0	0	-1	0	4	1	18:35	0.21	15-17	0.41-0.73
94	Ryan Ellis	D	0	0	0	-3	0	2	1	19:56	0.04	21-21	0.63-1.05

#	Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
35	Pekka Rinne	32	27	5	60:00	2.43	-2.57

Dallas Stars

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Patrick Sharp · Jamie Benn · Tyler Seguin	14:05	72.7	64.1	3-0
Colton Sceviour · Antoine Roussel · Cody Eakin	11:34	42.1	47.8	0-1
Jason Spezza · Patrick Eaves · Mattias Janmark	8:08	58.8	67.1	2-0
Jason Spezza · Mattias Janmark · Valeri Nichushkin	6:45	47.1	42.2	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Alex Goligoski · John Klingberg	18:08	53.3	69.4	2-1
Jordie Benn · Jyrki Jokipakka	16:17	51.7	39.1	1-0
Johnny Oduya · Jason Demers	16:01	51.4	59.2	1-0

The forwards and the defencemen who were on the ice together most at five-on-five, with the team's share of the shot attempts and expected goals, and the goals for and against, while they were out.

Players

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	Shots	Hits	TOI	xG	CF-CA	xGF-xGA
91	Tyler Seguin	C	2	0	2	3	0	5	1	18:08	0.61	25-13	1.30-0.76
14	Jamie Benn	L	1	1	2	3	0	5	3	17:28	0.50	25-11	1.23-0.73
3	John Klingberg	D	0	2	2	1	0	1	0	21:29	0.02	21-15	0.73-0.35
19	Jason Spezza	C	0	2	2	2	0	2	0	17:55	0.16	20-19	0.71-0.60
13	Mattias Janmark	C	1	0	1	2	0	1	0	18:15	0.11	20-21	0.77-0.62
18	Patrick Eaves	R	1	0	1	2	0	2	1	16:11	0.19	12-13	0.43-0.27
10	Patrick Sharp	L	0	1	1	3	0	6	2	17:24	0.26	27-13	1.38-0.78
33	Alex Goligoski	D	0	1	1	1	0	3	1	21:55	0.08	18-16	0.60-0.30
18	Jordie Benn	D	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	17:20	0.11	16-14	0.51-0.63
20	Cody Eakin	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	3	13:38	0.18	10-12	0.28-0.28
23	Jyrki Jokipakka	D	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	20:02	0.00	15-21	0.40-0.86
26	Antoine Roussel	L	0	0	0	-1	0	1	2	15:18	0.03	10-15	0.28-0.38
27	Travis Moen	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	08:23		2-5	0.05-0.14
29	Johnny Oduya	D	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	19:03	0.04	23-19	1.25-0.76
43	Valeri Nichushkin	R	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	09:24	0.10	9-13	0.28-0.50
44	Jason Demers	D	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	19:27	0.02	21-19	1.17-0.84
70	Colton Sceviour	C	0	0	0	-1	2	1	1	15:42	0.02	9-13	0.25-0.31
83	Vernon Fiddler	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	10:58	0.05	2-8	0.05-0.23

#	Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
37	Antti Niemi	34	33	1	60:00	1.95	+0.95